*Disclaimer: This thread was intended to be one long post, but it is very much "tl;dr" and well over the 1000 character limit. I shall be breaking it up into post(s)

Preface: Hello, I'm Fais Yila on Odin server in EU Datacenter. I started playing during Heavensward with the release of the first leg in the Alexander raid, and I quickly became largely invested in hunting -- being a part of 8 linkshells dedicated purely to spawning/hunting, and actively participating in the spawning of S ranks along with calling out hunts. I may not have the experience many players from ARR have in regards to hunts, but speaking as someone who has been active since Alex was introduced in HW, and as someone who loves to introduce new players (and older players alike) to hunts, I do believe that some changes need to be made, not only for the sake of keeping hunts interesting for those of us who have been doing them for a long time, but also for those who are new to hunting altogether.